I grew up riding bicycles of various types with rim brakes. Same as you, always squealing! In my 20's I learnt to ride motorbikes with associated disc brakes.

I grew up riding bicycles of various types with rim brakes. Same as you, always squealing! In my 20's I learnt to ride motorbikes with associated disc brakes. Then later a mountain bike with rim brakes. Nope, no way, never going there again. Any bicycle I or my family has from now on is disc brakes. They are it, until I die or we find something better. Better capability, easier servicing, more robust in terms of sidestepping rim warp. Better for the rider, better for the mechanic.